Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall

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Customs and Border Protection faces bipartisan backlash from locals for 30ft border wall through Texas national parkThe <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Trump administration</a> is pressing forward with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/bulldozers-big-bend-national-park-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">construction</a> on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/13/texas-border-wall-big-bend-national-park" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">controversial</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/big-bend-wall-texas-bipartisan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">border</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/texas-capitol-protest-big-bend-border-wall" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">wall</a> in the Big Bend region of west <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Texas</a>, even as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faces furious backlash from local leaders and landowners for its fast-moving plans.Construction began this week in Hudspeth county, which lies just east of the city of El Paso. CBP has been pressing landowners there to grant permission to allow the agency to erect a 30ft steel bollard border wall in that area, offering them signing bonuses as an incentive to avoid eminent domain disputes. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-administration-big-bend-border-wall-texas-construction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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